2018 SF1 Fri - Sharks 21-20 Panthers @ Allianz

[League Unlimited News]

NRL 2018 - Finals Week 2
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks v Penrith Panthers
Allianz Stadium, Moore Park (TICKETS)
Friday 14 September 2018

Gates 5pm / NRLW SYD v BRI 5:15pm / NRL 7:40pm

1. Valentine Holmes 2. Sosaia Feki 3. Josh Dugan 4. Ricky Leutele 5. Edrick Lee 6. Matt Moylan 7. Chad Townsend 8. Andrew Fifita 9. Jayden Brailey 10. Matt Prior 11. Luke Lewis 12. Scott Sorensen 13. Paul Gallen
Interchange: 14. Kurt Capewell 15. James Segeyaro 16. Aaron Woods 17. Jayson Bukuya 18. Jesse Ramien 19. Ava Seumanufagai 20. Joseph Paulo 21. Kyle Flanagan

1. Dallin Watene-Zelezniak 2. Josh Mansour 3. Waqa Blake 4. Tyrone Peachey 5. Christian Crichton 6. James Maloney 7. Nathan Cleary 8. Trent Merrin 9. Sione Katoa 10. Reagan Campbell-Gillard 11. Viliame Kikau 12. Isaah Yeo 13. James Fisher-Harris
Interchange: 14. Tyrone May 15. Moses Leota 16. Corey Harawira-Naera 17. James Tamou 18. Wayde Egan 19. Jack Hetherington 20. Kaide Ellis 21. Tyrone Phillips

Referees: Ashley Klein, Adam Gee
Sideline Officials: Nick Beashel, Chris Sutton
Video Referees: Steve Chiddy, Ben Galea

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[Rhyno]

King Moyza to carve up

 

[Rhyno]

The 2 most hated teams in the comp this is sure to be a real ratings winner

 

[forby]

Parra aren't playing.

 

[Vic Mackey]

Penrith found some form yesterday but the opposition didn’t throw much at them. Think sharks will be too professional and do it by about 8

 

[carcharias]

Penrith by 13

 

[OzDragon]

Of course Maloney and Moylan would end up facing each other in the finals. This should be a cracker of a game but Sharks showed more than Penrith did this weekend.

 

[PenrithPanther45]

Maloney will lift here and looks far more professional in the big games than Moylan/Townsend. Need the whole of our team to mirror Maloney's composure though as the Sharkies are a very experienced side. Graham out helps a lot as Cronulla's set plays in attack are better than ours. We really need RCG to step up here, he's been average as of late. Cronulla's pack is old but they are very good with offloads so we need to match them there too as their offloads killed us earlier in the year when we lost 26-22. A lot of rambling there but I'll go a Maloney FG as long as our big men rip in.

 

[GongPanther]

Sharks won't be able to handle a resurgent Panthers outfit who are absolutely brimming with confidence.

Bout time we turned the tables on a Sharks side who won't be a push over,but we can get them in the second half if we stay with them within a few points. If we have the lead at the break,we'll be hard to contain.

 

[TheEroticGamer]

Luke Lewis' final game being against Penrith is too perfect to not happen.

 

[roofromoz]

Luke Lewis' final game being against Penrith is too perfect to not happen.

Or... if the Sharks win he plays his first and last match in Melbourne v Storm.

 

[Dave_]

Sharks were easily the better side vs Rorts but dudded themselves. Riff beat a really awful Warriors side.

Sharks by 16

 

[umina panther]

The loss of Wade Graham brings Penrith right into this

 

[FireFalcons1]

How good would it be for Cronulla to be gone in straight sets?

Penrith by 12

 

[The Vaulting Violinist]

momentum counts in finals and I think penrith are starting to roll in to some good form

see ya sharks. straight sets for you this year

 

[Valheru]

Sharks were easily the better side vs Rorts but dudded themselves. Riff beat a really awful Warriors side.

Sharks by 16

What area of the game do you believe the sharks were better in because I can tell you it wasn't any of the following:

Possession
Completions
Run Metres
Post Contact Metres
Line Breaks
Tackle Breaks
Kick Metres
Missed Tackles
Tackling Efficiency
Discipline
Errors

The only meaningful areas of the game they won were offloads and forced dropouts.

Anyways, This one will be very tight.

Sharks in extra time.

 

[Dave_]

What area of the game do you believe the sharks were better in because I can tell you it wasn't any of the following:

Possession
Completions
Run Metres
Post Contact Metres
Line Breaks
Tackle Breaks
Kick Metres
Missed Tackles
Tackling Efficiency
Discipline
Errors

The only meaningful areas of the game they won were offloads and forced dropouts.

Anyways, This one will be very tight.

Sharks in extra time.

At creating genuine try scoring chances. They bombed a few sure things. None of the stats you mentioned mean anything if you're not scoring tries. Sharks = harikiri

 

[Rhino_NQ]

What area of the game do you believe the sharks were better in because I can tell you it wasn't any of the following:

Possession
Completions
Run Metres
Post Contact Metres
Line Breaks
Tackle Breaks
Kick Metres
Missed Tackles
Tackling Efficiency
Discipline
Errors

The only meaningful areas of the game they won were offloads and forced dropouts.

Anyways, This one will be very tight.

Sharks in extra time.

Shit tattoos

 

[moffla]

Very excited for this one. Hoping the two sides bash each other into oblivion in a 90 minute thriller.

With that said, I think Panthers will be too good. They've hit a bit of a peak, where as Sharks looked a bit gassed and low on confidence at the tail end of their game against the Roosters.

Panthers by 8

 

[Valheru]

At creating genuine try scoring chances. They bombed a few sure things. None of the stats you mentioned mean anything if you're not scoring tries. Sharks = harikiri

Exactly.

The team that took their opportinities better won a finals match. What a shocker.

The winners also happened to be better in nearly every meaningful stat.